- Target:
- West Briton, Daily Mail
- Region:
- United Kingdom
Two friends have been branded racist after 'blacking up' as tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams for a carnival parade. Kevin Stevens, 50, a local pub landlord, and his friend Jason Luke, 31, a builder, covered themselves in dark fake tan, brown face paint and afro wigs to join a tennis-themed carnival float.
They put on women's sports gear and were photographed posing enthusiastically with tennis rackets at the procession in Truro last weekend. Mr Stevens also sported a pair of fake breasts for the event. They have been lambasted by onlookers and racism campaigners. Their costumes were branded offensive, out of date and inappropriate.
THIS IS TOTALLY WRONG.
In actual fact, the pair from Redruth Cornwall was raising money for CLIC SARGENT. A charity for children's cancer.
Both men are actively involved in the community and being portrayed like this in local and national papers is wrong and it is bullying.
Please sign this petition if you feel that the papers should give these two men an apology in which they deserve.
We, the cornish community and friends of the Miners Arms Two, Demands that you, The West Briton (Reporting newspaper for cornwall) and the Daily Mail (National Newspaper) should give Both men an apology.
Not only did you not get your story straight i.e Not stating that they was indeed raising money for CLIC Sargent, but you also bullied them and portrayed them as racists which is far from the truth. You have also tarnished Truro's reputation and Cornwall along with it.
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The Give The Tennis Players Of Miners Arms (Redruth) An Apology petition to West Briton, Daily Mail was written by mel williams and is in the category Media Issues at GoPetition.